Chancy cruising
Waiting for the “right” weather to go further north is no longer an option. With a new grandchild due to be born and a new apartment to move into, and no guarantees of what the wind and waves might do, we decided we didn’t want to get “stuck” on a tropical island for an extended period! Much better to start cruising south and see how far we get before flying to Melbourne in October. We slipped out of Yorkeys Knob marina at 6:15am on the last Saturday in August, turning right and following the Cairns coast, past Green Island and Fitzroy Island, Normanby Island and Etty Bay, before entering the Moresby River and anchoring in Mourilyan Harbour just on 3:30pm. Cruising conditions were perfect and we enjoyed prawn rolls for lunch as we motored along. It was very peaceful in the harbour apart from the buzzing sound of the generator on a nearby fishing trawler - we assumed he had a load of fish in his freezer! It didn’t stop us having a great night’s sleep and we set an early alarm for Sunda